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CGD in the News
February 18, 2015
On the US response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti: Several years later, a lot of the new housing and other promised aid hadn't materialized. Ben Leo, an analyst with the Center for Global Development — it's a non-partisan thinktank — says to this day: "We still have ab...
CGD in the News
October 31, 2014
“If Power Africa works, then it would deliver a huge boost for African countries,” Ben Leo, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington and a former White House director of Africa affairs, said in an e-mail. “Addressing the energy poverty challenge will take ...
CGD in the News
September 04, 2014
In the first week of August, official delegations from 50 African countries came to Washington to attend the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The meeting was typical in its extraordinary pageantry, overzealous security, and relative lack of tangible accomplishments. [...]
Yet there was one outcome with ...
CGD in the News
July 28, 2014
Leo: "Power by all accounts is one of the most binding constraints for growth and economic opps in Sub Saharan Africa. You look at all the different statistics, the figures, the surveys, and it's at the very top of the list." [0:55]
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Leo: "By taking this approach [of expandin...
CGD in the News
July 22, 2014
“The overwhelming majority of the African leaders are going to be coming to Washington [for the U.S.-Africa Summit] emphasising trade and investment, and in that context this issue is very central to their many constituencies – touching on economic, political and social issues,” Be...
CGD in the News
July 18, 2014
In less than a month, Washington will play host to roughly 50 African heads of state, hundreds of cabinet-level ministers, and over a thousand American and African business leaders and investors. It will be a truly historic moment. More importantly, it will be an unparalleled opportunity to advance ...